But Nasa's Centre for Near Earth Object Studies also updated the chance ... If you liked this story, sign up for The Essential List newsletter – a handpicked selection of features, videos ...

YR4 made headlines in February with the news that it had a chance of hitting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, as determined by an ...

The NEO Surveyor fulfills a 2005 act of Congress ordering NASA to catalog 90% of near-Earth objects larger than 459 feet, which is roughly the size at which an asteroid could take out a city ...

While posing no immediate threat, its flyby underscores the importance of monitoring near-Earth objects. NASA and global observatories are dedicated to tracking these asteroids, enhancing ...

Designated as near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4, both NASA observers and members of the worldwide planetary defense community felt at first that the object, said to be 174-220 feet in size, might hit ...